upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024

upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024

Window of Opportunity Grant

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OVERVIEW

The Community Care Fund (CCF) provides financial assistance of up to $1,250 to Leeway grant and award recipients experiencing immediate and essential emergency needs.

In April 2020, Leeway established a COVID-19 Relief Fund with the goal of distributing unrestricted grants to Leeway grant and award recipients experiencing financial hardship as a direct result of the pandemic. Since then, the fund has evolved to focus on immediate and essential emergency need funding. As of January 2024, $619,175 had been re-distributed to 402 artists.

For more information, eligibility, and how to apply, please read the CCF guidelines below.

 

We would like to credit local + national initiatives and organizations in the field for providing relief and other fund models we used as resources that helped Leeway create and launch the Community Care Fund, particularly Alternate ROOTS’ Solidarity Fund. In past years, Leeway has been able to support this stream of funding thanks to generous support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Independence Public Media Foundation, the Samuel S. Fels Fund, Sundance Institute, Surdna Foundation, and The William Penn Foundation.

ELIGIBILITY

WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY?

You are eligible to apply if you are:

  • a Leeway Foundation grantee;
  • a current resident of Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia County; &
  • an artist who is experiencing financial hardship and has immediate, emergency need around housing, utilities, medical, food, caregiving, and/or other essential needs.

You are not eligible to apply if you:

  • Have received a Transformation Award in 2023
  • ​Have received Community Care Fund grants totaling $1,250 in the current calendar year (2024)

HOW DOES LEEWAY DEFINE “EMERGENCY AND ESSENTIAL NEED?"

We define “emergency and essential need” as the imminent endangerment of essentials such as housing, utilities, medicine, food, caregiving, and/or other essential needs. Applicants will need to demonstrate a pressing and critical need foR emergency support in order to receive funding. Due to an unprecedented amount of need in the communities Leeway serves and limited funds, Leeway unfortunately will not be able to fund every request.

DEADLINES

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, from February 9, 2024 through November 30, 2024, or until funds are depleted. 

Funds will be awarded to eligible applicants in the order in which they’re received, twice per month, by a panel of community-based artists and cultural producers. The Fund will aim to send grant notifications within 2-3 weeks of submission, or less.

In order to not exhaust all CCF funding in the beginning of the year, there will be a maximum amount of funding available per cycle. Once the maximum amount is reached per cycle, the fund will close until the beginning of the next cycle. See cycles below:

  • Cycle 1: February 5 – March 31
  • Cycle 2: April 1 – June 30
  • Cycle 3: July 1 – September 30
  • Cycle 4: October 1 – November 30

Applications are accepted at the online application below. If this presents difficulty for you or you have access needs, please contact Melissa Hamilton at mhamilton@leeway.org or call 215.728.9274 to set up a quick and easy phone application.

GUIDELINES & APPLICATION

The maximum amount of funding for Cycle 1 (February 5 - March 31) of the Community Care Fund has been reached. The application will re-open for Cycle 2 (April 1-June 30) on April 1st at 8am EST.

 

DOWNLOAD THE CCF GUIDELINES:

APPLY ONLINE:

COMMUNITY CARE FUND (CCF) EN ESPAÑOL:

 

OVERVIEW

The Window of Opportunity (WOO) Grant provides financial assistance of up to $1,500 to Leeway grant and award recipients to help them take advantage of imminent, time-sensitive opportunities to support their art for social change practice.

WOO GRANTS SUPPORT:

  • Opportunities that have a deadline or occur within 90 days of when you apply
  • Training, learning, and development opportunities at workshops, conferences, and residencies
  • Travel associated with opportunities to share and distribute your artwork and art practice such as an exhibition, book tour, performance, panel, or screening
  • Costs associated with the documentation of a project such as a performance, workshop, or installation (e.g. - video or photographic documentation)
  • Rental of equipment, purchase of materials, or payment of services to fulfill an already-established (not self-initiated) opportunity that has a plan for outreach or distribution

For more information, eligibility, and how to apply, read the WOO Grant guidelines below.

ELIGIBILITY

WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY? 

You are eligible to apply if you are:

  • a Leeway Foundation grantee;
  • a current resident of Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia County
     

You are not eligible to apply if you:

  • are a full-time student in an arts degree program
  • have an open Art and Change Grant project
  • have an overdue report from previous Leeway grants and awards
  • have received a Transformation Award in 2023
  • have received WOO grants totaling $1,500 in the current calendar year (2024)

DEADLINES

The grant deadline is the 15th of every month from February to November, and decisions are made within four weeks of the deadline by a panel of community based artists and cultural producers.

GUIDELINES & APPLICATION

DOWNLOAD WOO GUIDELINES:

APPLY ONLINE:

WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY (WOO) EN ESPAÑOL:

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Leeway Artist or Cultural Producer?

The following does not describe one kind of artist; rather, it paints a larger picture of the many aspects of different Leeway artists. [read more]

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4/2 Transformation Award (LTA) Awardee Panel + Info Session (In Person)

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